US says Chinese spy balloon downed in February did not collect information. Yet, Biden was referring to it as a spy balloon just this month. (www.theguardian.com)
Northern lights may be visible in parts of UK on Thursday night (www.theguardian.com)
Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads app – report (www.theguardian.com)
Toyota claims battery breakthrough in potential boost for electric cars (www.theguardian.com)
Japanese firm believes it could make a solid-state battery with a range of 745 miles that charges in 10 minutes
Shell boss under fire for saying cutting fossil fuel production is ‘dangerous’ (www.theguardian.com)
English tourist accused of carving name in Colosseum says he did not realise its age (www.theguardian.com)
‘It’s fun to cook up the stupidest idea’: the people competing to make the worst computer games possible (www.theguardian.com)
French government could cut off social media during unrest, says Macron (www.theguardian.com)
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Twitter was locked in a chaotic doom loop. Now it’s on the verge of collapse | Siva Vaidhyanathan (www.theguardian.com)
Birds may ‘divorce’ because of promiscuity or long spells apart (www.theguardian.com)
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‘Stereotypes are evolving’: female divers shake up conservative Jordan (www.theguardian.com)
Google refuses to reinstate man’s account after he took medical images of son’s groin (www.theguardian.com)
This is why using Google is a bad idea. Random bans that make no sense.
Mobile phones and other devices to be banned from Dutch classrooms (www.theguardian.com)
Education ministry in the Netherlands says tech is a distraction from learning and will only be allowed if specifically needed
TV presenter Fiona Phillips reveals she has Alzheimer’s at age of 62 (www.theguardian.com)
Sexual harassment of girls is a scourge at schools in England, say MPs (www.theguardian.com)
Brazil team arrive in Australia for Women’s World Cup with tribute to Iran protesters (www.theguardian.com)
The Brazilian football team has arrived in Australia for the Women’s World Cup with a strong statement on human rights....
Work carried on as usual in Amazon facility even though a colleague's dead body laid on the floor (www.theguardian.com)
French rail operator SNCF fined after train killed cat hiding on tracks (www.theguardian.com)
Passengers Georgia and her 15-year-old daughter Melaina said their pet escaped from its travel bag and disappeared under a high-speed train as it prepared to leave Paris for Bordeaux, in south-western France, with 800 passengers onboard....
UK’s armed forces chief says there is no row over cuts with head of army (www.theguardian.com)
Vietnam bans Barbie film over disputed map of China’s South China Sea claims (www.theguardian.com)
Eighty Afghan civilians may have been summarily killed by SAS, inquiry told (www.theguardian.com)
Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone (www.theguardian.com)
TIL that when Robert de Niro was in the process of receiving Italian citizenship, he faced opposition from the Italian American group Sons of Italy, who claimed that De Niro had damaged the public ... (www.theguardian.com)
An influential Italian-American organisation has appealed to Silvio Berlusconi, asking the prime minister to cancel Italy’s plan to award De Niro honorary citizenship.